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Taliban crow over “the defeat of the infidel Western military alliance”

Dec 29, 2014 5:23 pm By Robert Spencer

Western soldiers in AfghanistanTaliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said: “Isaf rolled up its flag in an atmosphere of failure and disappointment without having achieved anything substantial or tangible.” That is certainly true.

The Taliban also said: “It should be emphasized that due to the blessed Jihad most of the involved nations excluding America have withdrawn all of their troops from Afghanistan…without a doubt the defeat of the infidel Western military alliance in Afghansitan [sic] at the hands of a few empty handed believing Mujahidin, the destruction of fortified bases by their own hands and their hasty withdrawal were unconceivable [sic] and is a clear sign of the divine help of Allah Almighty.” Not that this has anything to do with Islam.

“Taliban: Small, Secure ISAF Withdrawal Ceremony Shows the Jihadists Have Won,” by Bridget Johnson, PJ Media, December 29, 2014:

The Taliban said today that the fact coalition forces had to hold a small withdrawal ceremony in a secure location proves that they’re won the war after 13 years.

The Sunday ceremony in Kabul marked the transition from Operation Enduring Freedom to Operation Resolute Support….

The Taliban in their statement said the ISAF withdrawal ceremony “went strangely unheralded in the United States and much of the world and then news surfaced that ISAF was going to arrange its big farewell ceremony in secret due to threat of Mujahidin attacks in Kabul!!!”

“It should be emphasized that due to the blessed Jihad most of the involved nations excluding America have withdrawn all of their troops from Afghanistan, nearly all the provinces have been cleansed from the vile presence of foreign invaders accept [sic] for Mazar-e-Sharif in the North and Nangarhar in the East as well as a small presence in the country’s capital and surrounding areas where the invaders are also working tirelessly to pull out as quickly as possible,” the Taliban continued.

The group added that the “without a doubt the defeat of the infidel Western military alliance in Afghansitan [sic] at the hands of a few empty handed believing Mujahidin, the destruction of fortified bases by their own hands and their hasty withdrawal were unconceivable [sic] and is a clear sign of the divine help of Allah Almighty.”

“While the admonitory withdrawal of foreign forces is taking place, the presence of their internal stooges is being rolled back from much of the country at the same time. Mujahidin are taking over new areas daily, dismantling their bases and are tightening their sieges,” the Taliban added, calling the “haughty invasion of the international infidel coalition” a “humiliating defeat.”

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  1. Nicolai Sennels says

    Dec 29, 2014 at 5:32 pm

    Ferry catastrophe: Muslims beat women and children to save themselves
    http://10news.dk/ferry-catastrophe-muslims-beat-women-and-children-to-save-themselves/

  2. Transmaster says

    Dec 29, 2014 at 6:13 pm

    We should have been out of Afghanistan years ago. US military forces had no clear objective and the Obama established rules of engagement that where getting them killed. Add to that a corrupt government skimming billions off to personal .bank accounts in Dubai

  3. Georg says

    Dec 29, 2014 at 6:23 pm

    Yea, and what are the tangible results for the Taliban? The world saw a collection of hateful bullies, hell-bent on keeping Afghanistan in the doldrums of fundamentalist Islam. And they got their ass kicked.

    They’ve achieved no victory.

  4. Zoltar says

    Dec 29, 2014 at 6:37 pm

    They don’t call it the graveyard of Empires for nothing.you know.

    • pumbar says

      Dec 29, 2014 at 11:05 pm

      Why, do you have to pay them?

  5. reyol says

    Dec 29, 2014 at 7:26 pm

    Perhaps we’re off the hook on this one; after all, they believe in eternal war. If war is eternal, then there is no victory or defeat – only being up or down. But for that, we’ll have to change our way of thinking about war. Instead of war having a beginning and an end implying victory or defeat, we should strike up a long war rhythm. Military units optimized for missions can be sent out and brought back in accordance with a comfortable and relatively cost effective schedule that doesn’t strain the force or the country. Instead of an “endstate”, we can achieve a stable state of eternal “nakba”.

  6. Transmaster says

    Dec 29, 2014 at 9:15 pm

    The problem with Afghanistan is the west has the ability to bomb them into a steaming shit heap, no wait they already are a steaming pile of shit. Short of depopulating the whole region what can a modern military do to a bunch of barbarians.

  7. dumbledoresarmy says

    Dec 29, 2014 at 11:39 pm

    I don’t think they’d be crowing so loudly if 1/ all departing infidel forces took with them *everything* moveable and valuable that we had brought with us 2/ALL ‘western’/ infidel-country “aid” aka jizya or tribute, were STOPPED, instanter, like, yesterday 3/ ALL Afghan Muslims currently resident in western lands were required to return to Afghanistan and NO Afghan Muslim – most especially, Afghan Muslim males of military age – were permitted henceforward to enter the Lands of the non-Muslims.

    They want an infidel-rein Islamic Afghanistan? Fine; but let’s see how loud they scream if the Infidel lands – e.g. Australia, Canada, USA, Greece (which has a whole lot of so-called Afghan Muslim ‘refugees’, mostly males of military age, raising hell and causing no end of trouble and expense, infesting its turf at the moment) – decide that WE want OUR nice infidel countries to be…rid henceforward of Afghan MUSLIMS.

    RECIPROCITY.

    Muslims don’t do reciprocity; but they can be *forced* to endure it whether they want it or not.

    That is: *we* are only too happy to leave them festering in Hell-on-earth; but in return, turn about is fair play, WE will proceed to kick out of our countries, all the way back to Afghanistan, every last Afghan Mohammedan who’s currently infesting our lands, excepting for those few who have publicly and clearly *apostasised* during the last ten years or so when there was nothing to be gained by so doing, and who will agree to be registered with our authorities and placed on probation whilst undergoing full-on counselling with professional cult deprogrammers.

    If we did *that*, somehow I don’t think the mohammedans would be boasting and crowing quite so loudly.

    • Kevin Walker says

      Dec 30, 2014 at 12:20 pm

      I like that.
      In fact it’s the only solution to save humanity & bring peace & prosperity once more to our western countries. Outlaw islam, deport every single mohammedan from Non-mohammedan lands and not a single penny in the name of aid (jizya). Every single mohammedan country would collapse within weeks if these measures are taken.

  8. Salah says

    Dec 29, 2014 at 11:46 pm

    The Taliban will be defeated and crushed by their own people. It will take some time but it will happen.
    It will happen the same way it happened in Egypt; the Egyptian people rose up against the Muslim Brotherhood, threw them out of power and brought all their leaders to justice.
    Islam MUST be defeated from within. If it’s taking too long it’s because our PC leaders are not helping, to say the least.

    • Jay Boo says

      Dec 30, 2014 at 8:46 am

      “Islam MUST be defeated from within. ”
      ——————

      We need less Whack-A-Mole sledgehammers.

      We need more Anti-Jihad Jiu Jitsu

      • Jay Boo says

        Dec 30, 2014 at 8:47 am

        “Islam MUST be defeated from within. ”
        ————————–

        Agreed Salah

        Good point

    • Matthieu Baudin says

      Dec 30, 2014 at 8:59 am

      Hello Salah. Are you suggesting, for instance, that the PC curse could be reduced, by our politicians and media lifting the profile of Ex Muslims (Apostates) and seeking their views, on a regular basis, instead of always seeking the opinions of observant Muslims regarding the daily Jihad events.

  9. BC says

    Dec 30, 2014 at 8:30 am

    If ISAF had not invaded the country which by the way was in a civil war at the time, Taliban versus Northern Alliance, the Taliban might have gained control but it wold have been an uneasy control due to the various war lords. Great strides have been made such as millions of children in Education, which would not have happened under Tatiban rule; elections which though not perfect would not have happened under Taliban rule as they reject democracy. Women in Parliament which would not be allowed under Taliban rule as women are kept at home and not allowed to have a job much less stand for election,
    So where is the Taliban victory?

    • Jay Boo says

      Dec 30, 2014 at 8:35 am

      The literacy rate of women is improving yet it is one of the lowest if not the lowest in the world behind most other third world countries.
      The last I heard it was somewhere around 12 %

      • Jay Boo says

        Dec 30, 2014 at 8:40 am

        Correction
        The literacy rate would (seem to be improving) — from reports of schools for girls.

  10. pongidae rex says

    Dec 30, 2014 at 8:42 am

    Like the Viet Cong, the Taliban had the grudging support of the populace. The people of the countryside knew who the Taliban were, and where they were, but remained silent leaving it to the US military to ferret them out at huge effort and cost of lives. Add to this the absurd rules of engagement that favored the enemy, a hostile and corrupt local government, and the revolving door of a court system that released dangerous Taliban almost as quickly as they were captured alive, and the entire presence in Afghanistan was a farce. It does not deserve to be called a war. It was a bloody, tragic, expensive farce. Now we can expect a tidal wave of Afghan migrants to the west as this wretched Islamic state implodes. Due to the very high Muslim birth rate, you are looking at a humanitarian catastrophe there without massive and continuous foreign aid. Same for Pakistan.

  11. Kevin Walker says

    Dec 30, 2014 at 12:28 pm

    pongidae rex said: “Now we can expect a tidal wave of Afghan migrants to the west as this wretched Islamic state implodes.”
    Exactly my thoughts. That was the first thing came to my mind as I read the caption.

  12. Walter Sieruk says

    Dec 30, 2014 at 1:36 pm

    Any kind of Taliban “defeat” over the “Western military alliance” is not because of the false god of Islam but because President {sovereign ]Obama had kept on interfering in the matters of war about what to do and how the Western Military generals knew the to handle the Taliban. Likewise Obama also held US troops back from doing their job well in Afghanistan because of his absurd PC “rules of engagement” in that country. Furthermore, It should be known that it is written in THE ART OF WAR by Sun Tzu teaches “He will win who has the military capacity and is not interfered with by the sovereign.”

  13. Darren says

    Dec 30, 2014 at 3:08 pm

    The future looks bleak in Afghanistan and the Taliban will most likely take over most of the country eventually. Here is an article detailing how dire the situation is in the Afghan army. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/16/world/asia/afghan-armys-high-turnover-clouds-us-exit-plan.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

    I also copy pasted another alarming statement from another article.

    But challenges persist. The results of this year’s presidential election — the first democratic transfer of power in the country’s history — were marred and slowed by fraud accusations amid stepped-up Taliban attacks in advance of NATO’s withdrawal. What’s more, Army Green Beret commandos have reported that many of Afghanistan’s regular soldiers are more likely to run and hide than stand and fight.

    http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/28/afghan-national-army-trains-to-hold-off-taliban-af/#ixzz3NPbSKHEq

    What’s even more revealing is NATO classified the 2014 assessment of the Afghan army.
    http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/10/30/16130/nato-suddenly-classifies-ratings-afghan-military-and-police-capabilities

    They will feel even more emboldened with the U.S withdrawing most of our soldiers. Though they didn’t defeat us on the battlefield, the average Afghani will view the U.S leaving as a sign of weakness. The Afghan army is the Iraq army all over again. I’d wager the muslim world will view the Taliban as the victors too. This will give the Taliban even more jihadist street cred, and most likely will draw more fighters to their cause. In the years to come I wonder if we see an Islamic State 2.0 emerge with the Taliban.

  14. MKG says

    Dec 30, 2014 at 3:24 pm

    Once upon a time we used to fight a war, a real war where the objective was to conquer the enemy. Then we started to engage in police actions where we did most of the fighting for an existing government. Korea was somewhat successful, Vietnam was not. This was mostly due to the integrity of the government we were helping. Now we are engaged in stability and peace keeping operations where we are helping corrupt and weak governments stand against fanatics. Case in point the Norther Alliance of Afghanistan. If they had the strength to govern, that country’s troubles would soon be over. The fact is they are weak. Very soon I think, the Taliban will have a field day in the capitol with celebrations and mass executions. The Taliban’s statements about us are flawed however. The fact is we have the ability to incinerate the whole region within minutes. We have the capabilities to roll through the country and put every man, woman and child on their knees. The Taliban are correct about us in one respect. We do not have the political will or enough cohesion within our population for such an action. The Taliban are fighting total war while we are not. We wasted many lives, and spent a fortune over a people who don’t care about democracy, who just want to live and go about their daily lives. Despite what the Taliban says or what our government says, the last 13 years has been a waist. I am not a war protester, nor a war monger, But, if we are going to fight a war, let’s fight a war. It’s total war or no war.

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